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CHARLES CITY (County) - Voters elected Thomas Williams by nearly a 2-1 margin Tuesday to complete the term of Circuit Court clerk to which he was appointed in January.

Williams, who succeeded Iona Adkins when she retired, defeated General District Court clerk Edith Holmes with 66 percent of the votes cast in the heavy turnout in which about 70 percent of the registered voters went to the polls.

Williams, 49, gave credit to members of the local Democratic Committee, who he said did much of the work for the campaign.

The former insurance company executive attributed the win to his performance since taking office in January. He said he plans to "be the person they elected me to be."

Williams said he will run for election to a full eight-year term when the current term expires in 1991.